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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-07-07

better than either of the above mentioned
varieties. The flowers of it in spring are
very valuable for bees and will produce
ten bushels or more of seed per acre,
under favorable circumstances, and esti.
mating them at 10 cents per pound, an
acre would bring s55. sold $50 worth
two years ago from 6ve,eighths of an acre.
1 sold $45 worth to one firm at one ship.
meut. Last year sold about $40 worth
of turnips from an acre and a half Of
land, besides what we used and fed away
to stock. I mention t.ese facts to show
that we can make more money than we
think on such things.
Plant turnips, brother farmers, and if
we do not find a market for them they
are worth ten cents per bushel to feed to
stock. The cost will not exceed FIVE
cents per bushel. I have sold the most
that made the past three years, netting
me forty to fifty cents per bushel, and if
l lived nesr large market don't know
of anything that would be more renu.
merative than turnip crop. Of course
if we are 80 fortunate as to realize the
above price it will not pay to feed them
to stock. usually take my turnips up
from the middle to the last of December,
haul them to where I intend to bank
them, cut off the salad and lap root, and
bank them in a long row, about eight
feet wide and four feet high. When fin
ished, put on straw. ground cane, or any
coarse material, and throw on dirt, COM
mencing at the base, until within six or
eight inches of the top is reached, leaving
the top open for air. The top should be
covered with a wide plank to keep out
The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-06
Money IN BLdcEtnl Boots.

A New York correspondent of the
Philadelphia Record writes: 81 have
been watching for q number of wears a
sunburned Italian bootblack who has a
stand within range of my otfico window.
lie pays no rent, working out his indebt-
edness by keeping the sidewalk clean
and regulating the awnings of the peo-
pie on the corner. He has two chairs
mouated on brass-trimmed platform,
and a Zig umbrella to keep eff The sun
in warm weather. H. is a decent fell
low, and does not spit on your boots, as
do most boolblacks, but has Il wet sponge
in a tin that be dampens his brushes
with. Such a shine as he gives, and all
for five cents. Notwithstanding the fact
that business is very dull in the winter.
bad walking AMI cold weather being
very much against him, h, has managed
to put money in the bank. He told me
the other day, with the air of a man not
altogether displcascl with his e%xtrava-
gance, that it costs him fifty dollars a
month to live. When I exclaimed at this
he added, with another touch of pride,
that he had o wife and three children.
How much better off he is than many
men who m ike MS many Thousands as he
does hundreds, b@clu Q he lives within
his means"
The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-06
mn Preae ErnnneL.

o wasted ages! whittier have We led
The breeding ma ses for their daily bread
Engendsred serfs, across a world of gloom,
The wavelke generations reach the tomb.
Masters and lords, they feared a lords de-
cree,
Nor freedom knew nor truth to make them
free.
But harkl A sound has reached the servie
herdl
Strong brows are raised to catch the passing
word;
From mouth to mouth a common whisper
fes;
A wildfire message burns ON lips and eyes;
Far.off and near the kindred tidings
throng-
How hopes come true, how heroes challenge
wrong;
How men have rights above all laws decree;
How weak ones rise and sweep the thrones
like seasi
Behold The people listen-qusstiont Then
The inner light has coms-the Doors are menl
What read ye here's A dreamer's idle rule?
IA oWCA4luS pCuhAtS tSo " 1UI a SCuUUbe A
Nay, her. no dreaming, no delusive charts;
But common interests for C ,mmon hearts;
A truth, a Princlple-beneath the sun
One vibrant throb-msn's rights and wrongs
are one;
One hearts small keyboard touches all the
notes;
One weak ones cry distends the million
throats;
MOI race nor nation bounds the human
kind
White, yellow, backbone conscience and
enc mind!
How spread thu doctrines Sec the teachers
fly
TIE printed messages across the sky;
From land to land, as never birds could
wing;
With songs of promise birds could never
sing;
With mighty meanings clearing here aud
there;
With nations greetings kings could never
share;
With new conmunions whispering near and
fan;
With gathering armies bent on peace, not
wa;
With kindly judges reading righteous laws;
With strength and cheer for every struggling
cause.
Roll on, o cylinders of light, and teach
The helpless myriads tongue can never reach.
Make men, not masses: pulp and mud un te-
The single grain of sand reflects the light.
True freedom makes the individual free;
And common law for all makes Libertyl
-[John Boyle O'Reilly in N. Y. World.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-06
TIE School.

The country school is p~re-eminently
tho farmers school. In it the grea
majority of the farmers of to-day re
ccivcd their education, and in it tn,
great majority of those of the mex
generation will receive the whole O
their schooling.
Is the country school doing what /
should for the farmers boy2 Is it giving
to the boy who will remain on the farm
that kind of an education which will b.
the best preparation for lifc's work2
What is an education for? VIII
should a boy spend SO much time in the
school-room? The purpose of a boys
education is to fit him for his work,
whatever that may be. The education
given in a country school ought then tt
fit the boy to be a successful farmer, fol
that is to be the profession of most
country school boys.
What education does the farmers
profession demand2 The ability I'd
read, write, and understand the Englist
language and to make readily all the
ordinary. numerical calculations connec
ted with his busincss-this is all, some
say, that a farmer needs, and this is
practically al that many of the schools
supply. But is this enough? Shall we
set the standard of education for the
farmer at the very lowest notch2 Shall
we in this way say that the Poorest edu.
cation is sufficient for the farmcr2 We
certainly do not think that farming i.
the occupation for which the poorest
education is sufficient. Give the boy
opportunity TO become acquainted with
the things around him. Put the study
of soils, plants, animals, ETC., into your
schools. Ask your school-teachers tc
give instruction of this kind Demand
of them that they know enough to give
instruction in the right way. II
you will demand only the best of teach.
crs for your children, you can have
these things taught to them; but if you
are willing TO take, year by year, the
and poorly prepared teachers, the
will not and can not be done. You
have to pay roundly for such
'~ficient teachers; but will it not be the
ocst economy in the long run, for are
hey not to instruct your children for
heir whole lifc's work?-[American
Agr:culturist.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-06
Theod0re lillian.

Theodore Triton is in Pur.s. II am just
now, he said the other day to a CORE
spondent of the P.ttsburg Dispatch,
stgiving the last. touches TO a matt cript
that will eventually form my third
volume Of poem. It will appear in due
season. ] always carry one of my rhymes
with M, and in a cafe, street car, or
concert an improvement often occurs to
me, which I make forthwith. For
instance, here is. a ballad based on the
Magma Cllarta episode in English his
tory. I lave had it here in my pocket
all winter, and it's now quite ready for
the printer. Paetizing is. therefore, one
Of M chief, and, perhaps I may say, one
OF mr. most agreeable occupations ID this
beautiful and inspiring lily.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-06

had left her alone two days before, hay
ing gone to the nearest town, and sh'
had expected him to return the evening
before. Hastily eating what she hat
prepared, we started in search Of tht
missing man.
The scene was a desolate one, as far al
the eye could reach being n sea of ashes.
We had gone n little over a mile wheu
we found the charred remains of The
woman's husband. left her watching
over him while | hunted up q habita.
J ton, and securing assistance We buried
him near where he died. | hired a mar
to take me to my ranch, where I found
my partner had arrived all right. Shortly
after that sold out and came North,
but / think / shall not forget that part
of the country soon.
Just as the narrator had ceased speak.
ing a bright little boy came running VI
to him, saying:
Papa, mamma wants to see you"
'tBut what became of the young
woman?" was asked in unison by the
rest of the party as the gentleman arose.
SWELL" said he, with q smile, ''sht
has just sent cur boy after me."-[St..
Paul Globe.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-06
The Pink Eyed Pittsteys.

Scattered through the several country
towns aud villages of Rochester, Free
town, Lakeville, Long Plain, Acushnct
and Myricks is a peculiar race of people
that stick close to their native back
woods, but ON rare occasions emerge
from their self-choscn retirement to the
neighboring more populous towns OF
marlborough and Wareham, and are
sometimes seen on the streets of New
Bedford, Taunton and Fall River, the
observed of all beholders. Their local
ahpellation that follows them to all
places is that of "Pink-eyed Pittsleys.''
Their popularity is pink eyes and per-
fectly white hair. This striking
singufarity is said to have frat made its
appearance in a family by the name of
Pittsley ia Freetown, a century or more
ago, and sp7ead through succeeding
generations among the offspring Of those
who intermarried with the members of
the family, until many of the residents
of this section of q variety of family
names as well as that of Pittsley have
members marked by this popularity of
the eyes and hair and an accompanying
facial EXPIRE ,sioa that is odd in the ex-
treme. The old man Merchant Pittsley
was pink-cyed and he had nine children.
1. -, Ir -. -
All five of his soa hal pink eyes and
white hair, and n daughter was marked
the same way, but the other three girls
had as fine black eyes AMI dark hair as
any girl in town. They married, all but
one, and had children, and some of their
children had pink eyes aud white hair,
vt not ali. [Broekton Mass.) Gazette.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-06
ISG0sm b RR4e11akn3,3

Young people, whose lives are spent in
cities, have no idea of tho fun their
country fellows have in sigo;n' 4 Der
ryin, Y ~ II il sometimes ca led. In
decd, II has appeared 70 me that our
country boys and girls did D make ali
they might out Of II. They can collect
all That can DO used at home, fresh, ali ed
or preserved, and enough besides ID
bring quite i good sum In the way oil
pocket money, ifsoid besides oil this
The funi The way to get the most fun
Ii p hold berrying picnics, whcrs i
jolly BOT TOO large party. make 4 day of
+. Such hunting for the places where.
fruit Il thickest, such laughter ii the
tears md scratches, and The rivairies ii
n rho viii gather tbs most fruit, make
/ day pass joyously. Wild st~rawberricsl
Was there 7 1 such fragrance and havarY
e = laany, very many years since | at
Tended 4 atFawborfying picnic, but he
exquisite ordor of those wildinss ST The
fields, ana The bright faces aad rippling
laughter. are as distinct III nv incsnary
as f thaS aasspy day had been but i've
ansfsaa q hfsy pgAmeriean
The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-06
An Orchestra of Convtc,s.

The island of Noumia has what is ac-
knowledged to be the best orchestra in
the southern hemisphere, and is com
posed entirely of eonvicts. It's compile
ment averages 1870 pieces, and the whole
is under the direction Of a former loader
in the Grand opera, who is "doing life
time" for murder. Twice a wcck-on
Thurs lays and Sundays the band plays
three hours in the pubic square, and all
the officials and business clement of the
capital make use of the time and place
as a sort of clearing house for their social
obligations. The band plays music OIL. a
high class, aud as, in 1891, Noumia was
the only place in the southern world
where Wagner's music could be heard.
many mlsic lovers came from Australia
expressly to hear it.-[Boston Tran
script.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-06
Butler and the YeELon He,,e,.

General George "A. Sheridan relates
this story, which be picked up in New
Orleans. A delegation Of citizens Of
that place visited President Lincoln to
beg him to rsmoyc Gsasral Butler from
command thers. The President listened
while they p~resentel their grievances
and then said: ..Nell gentlemen.
much as You dislike General Batter. ut
least he has done ons good thing for
you, for by his rise sanitary regulations
he has kept thu yellow fever out. One
Of tho delegates, q creole, skipped be-
fora the President and replied excitedly:
Pardon. mistaI President, pardon; it
was net Butter VT keep u fevairo away
rom 20 city; & was G,a. He still
have q leetIe mercy for our poor people.
Hs do not send 3 ~ Batler AMI b yellow
fevaire za same sasson: NO sare.n The
President Iauslsed heartily but ali the
salns General Butler vas kept ID coln.
fhands
The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-06
The Dude Minister.

IT is said that Bishop Fowler Of the
Methodist church .nce gave some ad-
vice to a conference congregation in
this fashions: Don't saw anvth;ro
against the man who is to come after
you. A minister who didn't bear this
in mind was asked by his parishioners
what kin of a man his successor was
oh, brother - is a good man, but
But whasa If there's anything wrong
that is just what we want to know.
Now tell us what's the METER We'll,
brother - is a good man., but the fact
j.. brethren, he parts his hair in the
middle we won't have him. We
don't want dude. Conference mustn't
send him. The appointed Sunday ar
rived, and with it the dude minister.
AS he walked up The aisle a broad grin
oyerspread the faces in the rear seats.
BY the time he reached the pulpit the
congregation broke out into a roar of
laughter. The minister was bald
The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-06

The farmers of Texas, Arkansas ano
Louisiana are arranging a scheme of CO.
operation which, if properly carried out,
is expected to benefit them greatly, and
speedily drive out the crop mortgage.
The idea is to construct cotton, cotton
seed oil and flour mills in differ
ent centres, so as to enable the farmer 10
get a local market for his produce, and
be sure of obtaining a fair price. The
mills will be owned by the farmers them
selves, who will act as their own COM
mission agents, and manufacture with
their own produce.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-06
canntoaIs tn Brttfsh celumbta.l

Cdnni6GEs IN british COtMntbia.1
Prof. J. jacobson, who has been il
the province for some yelrs collecting
curios and writing up the habits, Gus
toms and traditions of the aborigines
has arrived down on the Boscowitz from
Bella Coda, says the Victoria (B. c.,
Co.onist. The professor spent all last
winter at Tuscalo, the head of the
| southcrnmost ofthc Bcntinck arms, which
| is distant from Bella Coola about eighty
mics. lie here found the Indian in hi
primitive state, a wild, untutored saw
age, with but a scant knowledge of the
arts and customs of civiliz ,tion. The
inlet running far inland, and be ng Out
of the course of traders or prospec.ors,
is never visited, and the Indians say no
white men evcr went up to the head ol
it before. They live there as they dc
in most places around the coast, by hunt
ing and fishing, deer and fur-bearin9
animals Astounding in large numbers.
They are without missionaries, and a n
nibalism is rampant. The professor tells
Of sickcning sights, which he witnessed
there during the past winter, which
at this day one could scarcely believe ca-
pable of being witnessed SO near homo
did the information not como from a re.
liable person. The custom is still kept
up out there of men, ambitious for the
honors of chicftain, betaking themselves
to the woods, and, after remaining there
some time, coming back possessed of 6
spirit and biting pieces of flesh from the
bodies of those he first meets. One who
wished to graduate last winter went out
and remained from sight several weeks,
though he came near the camp occasion.
ally and made night hideous with his
yells. When he returned to the tribe he
came naked, Notwithstanding it was in
the middle of winter and two or three
feet of snow on the ground. The first
mar he met he seized, knocked him
down and bit a piece out of his arm,
which he chewed ravenously. This was
repeated many times over, his face be-
coming besmeared with blood and pre-.
senting a fiendish appearance. The
victims of the would be chicftains' bites
receive in return for their pains a small
pccuniary compensation, and it is an
honor to carry the scar. The more scars
of this kind decorate an Indians body,
tn, more numerous are his honors, and
when he comes to have a great many, he
becomes a chieftan himself in n little
way. The bitter on one occasion made q
break for the professor, who 500 gave
him to understand that he was going te
experience something pretty tough if he
tackled him. He was not further mo.
Tested.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-06

The United States Geological Survey
will collect all attainable information re.
garding the recent earthquakes in Ari-
iona. Circular letters of inquiry have
been sent to residents on the area affect
ed. as usual. The disturbed area seems
TO be q circle of some four hundred
miles radius, fully o~ne-quarter as large
as the Charleston earthquake, and nearly
one-third of the area of the RIVERS
earthquake of last February.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-06
Vcoetatton in Merfco.

Through the acquisitions from the Old
World, the richest fora and finest va
rieties of fruits and vegetables abound
in Mexico, such as apples, pears, cher
ries, peaches, oranges, fig, grapes,
pomegranatcs. Est Indian mangoes,
papaws, tho passion-fower, cactus
fruits, etc. One will find in an Indian
village of the temperate zone a truly
delightful landscape picture, surrounded
by heavily laden orange-trees, banana
stalks, and fruit9 of every imaginable
hue, and by poisoning shrubs and
flowers. Mexico has the markets OF all
the world constantly open. Plants of all
the different z,nes, from frigid to torrid,
are encountered in the ascent from the
coast to lakeland, and indicate to a
nicely the different degrees of altitude
and temperature. -[Frank Leslie's.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-06

In spite Of repeated failures efforts art
still being made to utilize petroleum as
a fuel for making steam. A company
has been formed in New York state,
with a capital OF So. 900, 900, for accom-
plishing this result by means Of an in
yention consisting of an apparatus fol
the production of q fixed gas from the
union of ~decomposed oil and water.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-06

A Brooklyn Eagle writer quotes an
undertaken who seems to hold a very
cheerful though peculiar view Of life:
Among my friends is an undertaken
who has buried many Brooklynites. He
is Of generous physical proportions and
rubicund vssage. When I last saw him
his feet rested ON a footstool in front of
bis store and the fumes of a fragrant
Havana contributed to the placid con-
tentment of which he was a perfect pic
ture. His hands were folded, his
thumbs were slowly revolving around
each other, and there was a faraway
smile on his face that showed he was
harboring pleasant thoughts. / asked
him the stereotyped question: How's
businessa' He responded: why, it is
always comfortable with me. People
must die, you know. They must go the
way of ah flesh, young man, SO / can't
complain. Providence is very kind to
me. This has been a great season for
lung troubles. The government of the
city i good 70 MP too. They don't
clean the streets. Taking it on the
whole, ] have nothing to complain Of,
The undcrtaker's countcnance became
positively iliumined as he added: Yes,
yes, sooner OF later. Q way or another,
they must MI come in. It's the law Of
nature. The lower animals were made
for maj and nan wa made for tho
undertakers. Y
The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-06

The Cincinnati Commercials Gazette
discusses as follows upon the great sum.
mer plague, the lively and bloodthirs.y
mosquito: There are, it seems, so far
as ascertained, one hundred and fifty
eight species of mosq uito. About a
quarter of them are distributed in North
America, largely among summer resorts
It isssaid there are kinds that may come
IN winter as well as summer, but the true
business mosquito comes in summtr,
usually about bed time, and stays until
tho weather il too cold for work. Oniy
The female insect bites. In boring for
blood she uses o long drill made up of
jcven distinct parts. The male, who is
pot q backbiter because OF. his inability
20 be, and not through any ~virtue), can
bum around at night, and add some
hing to the discomfort Of the bad
chamber. IN the way oil good qualities,
mosquitoes furnish food for fishes, which
IN turn are eaten by us, and blood is
provided for the thirsty mosquitoes.
Besides, mosquitoes serve to purify
standing water and lessen malar,al in
duences. Il is hard 10 decide, however,
which is the most disagreeable, malarial
influences Or mosquitoes. In d matter OF
choice the sleepy man would take mala-
Ia without a moments hesitation"
The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-06
Generally a man dies leaving less pro

Generally q man dies leaving less prop.
erty than he supposed that he owned.
The Baron du Mcuil, Of Brussels, how.
ever, thought be owned but a small
property, and after making a few lcga.
cies, directed tho remainder to be spent
on his tomb. Some $500, 900 has beer
found to have belonged to him, and his
heirs are trying to fild out whcthe,
it must all go into d mausoleum.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-06

The earth contains something of value
besides coal, petroleum and gas. The
production of god in this country dur
ing the year 1886 is estimated at $685.,
00o, 000, and that of silver at $51, 600, 900.
The total amount of silver taken out oil
the old ball in 1886 ia all countries wa
of q value of $1e4, 900, 900.
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Il paul1sg business.

Very young man: You wouldn't
Think i, but I've just paid seventy
thousand dollars IN cash for ahouse, all
made y ny own pluck and pernever-
Young lady: Rsallyl What business
are youin2
Very Young nun: I'm 4 ~son-in.law.
Lille.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-06
Wealthy Ba neing Corporations.


Their, are 003 state bank. aud loan
and trust companies in the United
States, with a capital of $3.50, 409, 922
and surplus and undivided profit:
amounting to $50, IT'S 22t. The savings
banks@numbcr S37, with a capital OF
$50, 1g5. 74e, with surplus and undi-
vided profits equal to $133 467, 92s,
and total deposits 81. Oil, 400, 7S7.
or G202, $50, 557 sterling. In 1884
there were in the United Kingdom Ali
post office savings banks, and 1855 othel
banks; total, S167. AT the postoficc
savings banks the deposits were e44,-
773, 773, and at trustees savings banks
e45, $40, 887; total, 500, 614, ego. Large
as the total deposits may be in savings
banks in the United Kingdom, they arc
small as compared to the United States.
No nation can show such great results
in this matter as in the United States
[Dry Goods Chronicle.
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TOWN PROPERTY FOR SALE

A centrl " located AMI desirable bu,ipess
stan | on NJ in street, Opelousa:, coasis iny
cf build ng III table for residence ami snas,
store, and adjoining a bakery, being thu
p"ope ty mex to the pc t-office This pr5p.
cash and balance on terms to SUI t pu C sasar
Arp V at this office or to Ms. Ednlonl G
Dupre March 1881
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FOR SALE.

A Fine Residence. with al necessarv out
build ngs an improvements, and sufficient
land for am II farm, Joining the o porate
Ii nits # Ope GU as, sil: be sol c cap.
APP ly at this tffict. dit